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PimperneBloke wrote: Wed Feb 11, 2026 2:07 pm Nice to see his best foot forward

Thanks PB

Rook (Corvus frugilegus) - Has an itch…

Photo taken at: Wimpole Estate National Trust, Cambridgeshire https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/ ... ole-estate


Rook (Corvus frugilegus) by SnappyMac, on Flickr

Species Information: https://www.rspb.org.uk/birds-and-wildlife/rook

Oh a do like a Rook, not seen one in ages SM so thanks for sharing yours

Nice one Snappy. Small rookery down the woods here.

Definitely designed for picking at you teeth.... Dunno why the rook has them

Linda257 wrote: Thu Feb 12, 2026 9:03 am Oh a do like a Rook, not seen one in ages SM so thanks for sharing yours

Thanks Linda, I am surprised it hasn't had an eye out the way it was scratching it's itch

Willpar wrote: Thu Feb 12, 2026 9:52 am Nice one Snappy. Small rookery down the woods here.

Thanks William I like the sounds from a rookery.

PimperneBloke wrote: Thu Feb 12, 2026 10:48 am Definitely designed for picking at you teeth.... Dunno why the rook has them

Thanks PB.

Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus)

Photo taken at: Hunstanton, Norfolk https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hunstanton


Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus) by SnappyMac, on Flickr

Species Information: https://www.rspb.org.uk/birds-and-wildl ... tercatcher

Another cracking bird SM. Think I need to take a wee trip doon the coast soon to see them for myself!